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THE INVESTOR] Korea’s major shipyards are scheduled to attend an international shipping exhibition in Norway later this month to showcase their clean and fuel-efficient ships, industry sources said on May 11.
Hyundai Heavy Industries,
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and
Samsung Heavy Industries will send their respective delegations to the 2017 Nor-Shipping, one of the global maritime exhibitions, which runs from May 30 to June 2. This year some 1,100 ship owners, shipyards, maritime organizations and other related organizations are expected to attend.
Korean shipbuilders will embark on an aggressive promotion activity to win new building orders during the exhibition period.
Daewoo Shipbuilding will exhibit LNG-FSRU ships at the fair, while Samsung Heavy will focus on showcasing offshore facilities and ice-breaking oil ships at the event, the sources said.
By Alex Lee and newswires (
alexlee@heraldcorp.com)